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Is "Plan B" going for small contracts now and big cap space later? (7/12)
The Nets are moving to "Plan B," Sean Marks said after the Heat and Trail
Blazers matched on Tyler Johnson and Allen Crabbe. He didn't say what "Plan
B" entailed, but he said it was in progress. Since then, the Nets have made
two moves, signing two (South American) players, Greivius Vasquez and Luis
Scola, to one-year deals. They still have three roster spots and somewhere
north of $20 million in cap space left.
Sean Marks說籃網正進行B計畫,不過沒說B計畫是啥... 目前季後只簽了Vasquez和
Scola各一年約 (這時候還沒簽Hamilton和今天的Harris) 目前還有2千萬鎂的空間
And don't worry about the cap floor. First of all, there's no penalty -- the
difference between the floor and the payroll gets distributed among the
players on the roster at season's end. Moreover, the final numbers aren't
computed until April 15 after the regular season.
So, although no one is saying so, "Plan B" is likely a strategy to conserve
cap space for next summer's free agent class. As Mike Mazzeo writes Tuesday,
"Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks' Plan B seems to be adding players on
short contracts to maintain salary-cap flexibility moving forward."
專欄作家Mike Mazzeo: 籃網目前就是找球員簽短約維持薪資空間的彈性
The Nets have indeed limited their payroll beyond this season. Other than
rookie deals and Deron Williams' dead money, the Nets will only have Brook
Lopez, at $22.64 million; Jeremy Lin at $12 million, Trevor Booker at $9.25
million and Bojan Bogdanovic and Justin Hamilton, each at around $3 million,
on the books. The team holds an option on Sean Kilpatrick's $1 million deal.
In the era of $100 million contracts, those are not big deals, literally or
figuratively.
目前的薪資結構:
Lopez 22.64M, Lin 12M, Booker 9.25M, Bogdanovic 3M, Hamilton 3M
Kilpatrick 1M (TO)
A conservative estimate suggests that once the team fills out the final
roster --assuming no more RFA offer sheets, Brooklyn could have a little less
than $50 million in cap space with a projected cap of $104 million. That's
before any transactions during the season that could reduce the payroll even
further.
There are a number of (long term) benefits to this strategy:
--The 2017 free agency class is far, far better than this year's Among the
names: . Stephen Curry, Chris Paul (PO), Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook,
Blake Griffin (PO), Gordon Hayward (PO), Serge Ibaka, Rudy Gay (PO), Paul
Millsap (PO) and Greg Monroe (PO) just to name a few. There are also solid
players like Andre Iguodala, J.J. Redick (a Brooklyn resident), Serge Ibaka,
Steven Adams, Victor Oladipo, Jeff Teague, Danilo Gallinari, etc. NO ONE is
suggesting the top names are going to be attracted to Brooklyn, but there's
real talent there.
明年市場上大魚不少 特別是後衛市場 Curry, Paul, Rose, Westbrook
--Teams have spent a lot this year on four and five year deals and the number
of clubs with big caches of cap space will be smaller than this year, even
with the higher cap. That should give those with a lot of space and a
committed owner a competitive advantage.Should.
--Other than some of the top free agents, this year's crop did what most pro
athletes have done, screamed "Show me the money!" at their agents. Players
are going where the big bucks will lead them. Guys like Kevin Durant can
afford to put winning above cash because they've already made so much in
salary and endorsements. Most of the NBA's players understand how short
their careers can be and want cash.
--Player agents will have a better sense of what kind of GM, what kind of
coach and what kind of culture the Nets have. They are, as of yet, untested.
A lot of pundits may be praising the Nets change in philosophy --from
day-trading to long-term investment, but agents are cold souls. They want to
see results or if not results then the promise of competence. It's a tall
order if the team is winning 20 or so games, but the hope is that the culture
will show through.
Of course, that means pain --and a lot of it -- in the short term, starting
with this season. The roster, while filled with hard-working character guys,
is not likely to win a lot of games. Moreover, if next summer plays out like
this one has, it could result in a lot of soul-searching on "Plan B." We know
how impatient owners can be.
If the Heat and/or the Blazers hadn't matched, things would be different.
It's hard to imagine the Nets going for Vasquez if Johnson was suiting up.
And maybe, there's a surprise out there. That would be nice.
That's not say Marks is to blame. That's for sure. As he --and ownership rep
Irina Pavlova-- have said or tweeted in the last two days, you play with the
hand you are dealt. And increasingly, that hand looks like a tough one. The
blame rests elsewhere.
So now, Nets fans have to endure what we're calling "reverse bandwagoning,"
dozens of pundits and fans of other teams piling on in stories based on some
variant of: "the Nets are bad, ha ha ha." We've dealt with worse. At least
now, there is a semblance of a plan, whether it's called A, B, or C..
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小結: 本季連獨眼龍都看得出來 Nets要省錢簽短約 明年搶大物 陣痛難免 球迷請包涵
明年自由市場大物後衛不少 Lin這一季沒打好 明年Nets不小心搶到大物
那大概又要被交易 或是重回第六人了
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